Giovanni Pernice opens up over punishing training regime amid Amanda Abbington 'feud'
23.01.2024 - 09:13
/ ok.co.uk
Giovanni Pernice previously opened up about his gruelling training regime to perfect his dance technique, amid his ongoing 'feud' with former Strictly Come Dancing partner Amanda Abbington.
The professional dancer, 33, has been involved in a media storm regarding his partnership with Amanda, 51, on last year's Strictly, after she quit the show.
The actress has since reportedly requested footage of her training sessions with Giovanni and has been diagnosed with PTSD. Comments Giovanni made about his training methods have since resurfaced, with the Italian dancer previously admitting to practicing for "20 hours a day" to ensure his dancing is perfect.
According to The Sun, the 33 year old once admitted: "Practice, pretty much 20 hours a day.
The studio is open 24 hours. Well, 18 hours a day, sleep and go back to the studio and practice.
Lots of lessons." Giovanni has made no secret of his tough training regime and desire to win the Glitterball trophy over the years. He won the BBC One show in 2021 with Rose Ayling-Ellis.
Speaking on Spencer Matthews' Big Fish podcast, Giovanni admitted: "I don’t want to sound cliché, but when you lose, when something doesn’t go the way you want it to go, I am one of those people who gets back up, just like Rocky Balboa, one of my idols, you go down but then you straight away stand up. "There is no point for me when you lose to cry about those things, you are the person who chooses about your future.
Nobody else can do it for you, so you have to find a way to make it better." The professional dancer has received support from Strictly judges Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood following his fallout with Amanda, with them both publicly backing him. Despite impressing the judges on the show,
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